Kilotest: Diagnoses of image link not named violation by HTML element 160 on DemocracyNext page

Basics

About the DemocracyNext page

• URL: https://www.demnext.org/
• Tested 29 days ago by job arb on 2026-05-03 at 17:03

About HTML element 160

• Tag name: A
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.demnext.org/uploads/DemNext-Impact-Report-2024-Final_compressed.pdf" class="border-b border-black screen:sm:border-b-2 hover:text-blue hover:border-blue">
• XPath: /html/body/div[7]/div[1]/div[1]/figure[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 479, y = 4169, width = 963, height = 542

About the image link not named issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding what a link points to
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the image link not named issue for HTML element 160 of the DemocracyNext page.

1. <p>When a link is wrapped around an image, the image's alt text <a href="https://webaim.org/techniques/hypertext/link_text#alt_link" title="Opens in new tab" target="_blank">provides the link's title for screen readers</a>.</p> <p><strong>To fix:</strong> set this image's alternative text to something that describes the link's destination, or add text next to the image, within the link.</p>

   Tool: Editoria11y (Princeton University)

   Rule: altEmptyLinked

2. Img element is the only content of the link, but is missing alt text. The alt text should describe the purpose of the link.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H30.2

3. [failed] The image doesn't have an accessible name.

   Tool: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-WCAG-T21